When I first stepped into the Maverick Boat Group’s P2 factory in Fort Pierce, Florida, the first thing I noticed was what was missing. In most other boatbuilding facilities I have visited, I’ve been ...

SPRING LAKE, Mich. (WOOD) — Building your own boat may not be as difficult as you think. A man in Spring Lake wants to help make that simpler for people through his business. “The main objective is to ...

HOLLAND — Charlie McConkey went from the automotive industry to boat building, and he's never looked back. Although others at work didn’t enjoy wiring boats, McConkey, a 30-year-old Cedarville, was ...

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A woman quit teaching to build incredible, seaworthy replicas of historic wooden boats. Gail McGarva spends up to nine months at a time constructing her historically accurate and functioning ...

Being landlocked between peach trees and desert doesn’t stop Jim Thayer from building boats strong enough to sail the ocean’s currents. “This is a terrible place to be building boats but I like it ...

NORFOLK, Va. — When you walk into the Tidewater Wooden Boat Workshop right on Ballentine Boulevard in Norfolk, the heat in the room is almost as enveloping as the sounds of hammers, sewing machines, ...

SCORED AN INVITATION TO BOARD. IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO SPLURGE ON A LUXURY ITEM, WELL, FRANKLY, SOME DREAMS ARE A LITTLE BIGGER THAN OTHERS. IT’S CALLED THE BAG DAY CHASER 48 AND THE LUCKY FEW WHO ARE IN ...

Gail McGarva quit her teaching job to build boats full-time. (Katielee Arrowsmith via SWNS) By Elizabeth Hunter A woman quit teaching to build incredible, seaworthy replicas of historic wooden boats.